What does a patent mean?
The idea of getting a patent is a great concept because it’s the government’s way of giving ownership to the inventor’s creation. It’s a legally binding way for a person’s genius and innovation to be financially rewarded. But make sure you patent your great idea before you share it with any one else because you never know.
As I researched this topic I discovered that corporations own the patent for my genes!!!
What a scary concept and my research lead me to believe this one is truth in the making.
If you have at least one kidney, a company called Biogen in Cambridge, Massachusetts patented one of the genes involved in repairing damaged kidneys. They discovered and isolated the gene and the valuable protein involved in treating kidney disease and injury.
If the taste buds on your tongue work the University of California own the rights to three more of your genes.
If you have had normal bone growth since birth a company called Sumimo Metal Industries is trying to develop a treatment for osteoporosis with your bone-building gene.
They are looking at the natural chemical that produces bone growth to encourage bone growth on diseased osteoporosis. That sounds promising.
In 1980 about a dozen “life patents” claiming ownership to naturally occurring building blocks in the human body were granted. In 2000, 500,000 DNA genes were patented.
Corporations, academic institutions, charitable research groups, and the U.S, Department of Health are the proud owners of our genes. Anything the pharmaceutical companies have a hand in makes me up-set because there are for profit.
So the race is on for businesses to be the first to patent human DNA and as of 2007, 20 % of the genes that make up human DNA are patented.
I find this news both encouraging and discouraging as we more forward in scientific discoveries every day.
Here I was worrying about companies owning and controlling plant and animal food sources for future survival. When in reality why shouldn’t they own my farm and produce if they own my body?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/patent.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/genes/article/0,2763,397403,00.html
The idea of getting a patent is a great concept because it’s the government’s way of giving ownership to the inventor’s creation. It’s a legally binding way for a person’s genius and innovation to be financially rewarded. But make sure you patent your great idea before you share it with any one else because you never know.
As I researched this topic I discovered that corporations own the patent for my genes!!!
What a scary concept and my research lead me to believe this one is truth in the making.
If you have at least one kidney, a company called Biogen in Cambridge, Massachusetts patented one of the genes involved in repairing damaged kidneys. They discovered and isolated the gene and the valuable protein involved in treating kidney disease and injury.
If the taste buds on your tongue work the University of California own the rights to three more of your genes.
If you have had normal bone growth since birth a company called Sumimo Metal Industries is trying to develop a treatment for osteoporosis with your bone-building gene.
They are looking at the natural chemical that produces bone growth to encourage bone growth on diseased osteoporosis. That sounds promising.
In 1980 about a dozen “life patents” claiming ownership to naturally occurring building blocks in the human body were granted. In 2000, 500,000 DNA genes were patented.
Corporations, academic institutions, charitable research groups, and the U.S, Department of Health are the proud owners of our genes. Anything the pharmaceutical companies have a hand in makes me up-set because there are for profit.
So the race is on for businesses to be the first to patent human DNA and as of 2007, 20 % of the genes that make up human DNA are patented.
I find this news both encouraging and discouraging as we more forward in scientific discoveries every day.
Here I was worrying about companies owning and controlling plant and animal food sources for future survival. When in reality why shouldn’t they own my farm and produce if they own my body?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/patent.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/genes/article/0,2763,397403,00.html
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